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Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?" asked Wang-mu....more

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Miro, I'm so sorry. I always felt such pity for you humans because you could only think of one thing at a time and your memories were so imperfect and...more

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It's as if every conversation with a woman was a test, and men always failed it, because they always lacked the key to the code and so they never quit...more

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As the doctor treated the wound, Mazer said, " I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.

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Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

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You're a monster.Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise?No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable.

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You frighten me, when you say there isn't time.""I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia.""But it ...more

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My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better but it certainly isn't you.

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When you have faith in something a lot of other people believe then you a member of the church" said Ceas, "When you have faith in something nobody be...more

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He committed the crime of stupidity while under my command," said Citizen."Oh my," said Rigg. "They're handing out the death penalty for that these da...more

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Of course, he didn't know anything about these Indonesians, or why they would have been there at this moment to save his life, but the fact that they ...more

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I'll have that someday, thought Peter. Someone who'll kiss me good-bye at the door. Or maybe just someone to put a blindfold over my head before they ...more

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You were the one who threatened us with an Inquisitor," the Bishop reminded him. With a smile.The Speaker's smile was just as chilly. "And you're the ...more

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I knew her so well that I loved her, or maybe I loved her so well that I knew her. I didn't want to fight her anymore. I wanted to quit. I wanted to g...more

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You were baptized?""My sister told me that yes, Father baptized me shortly after birth. My mother was a Protestant of a faith that deplored infant bap...more